Friday, October 9, 2009
ranting
Sunday, September 13, 2009
ok love
Thursday, May 21, 2009
God is love
i want to talk about God's love today. alot of time God's judgment and hatred of sin gets preached on more times than naught. but we are missing a very very big point, His love.
many times we, when preaching try to "scare" sinners into heaven, but we fail to preach his love. yes i understand that God is angry with the wicked, but he still loves that soul. In 1 john 4:8 it says that God is love, if God is love then how can we preach that he hates the sinner, i believe that he hate the sin and loves the sinner otherwise he would not have sent his son to die on the cross for our sins. and for those of you that are saying that he loves the elect and not the unelected then we are missing the point that God is not a respector of persons, God loves all but by his nature and by virtue of him not contradicting his word he must send souls to hell that do not accept his son. if we miss the point of His love then we have missed the whole thing, because if it was not out of love that he sent christ then y did he send him? was it because of us no it was because of his love!!!!! so to summarize we need to have a balance of preaching his judgment and his love!!!!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
2 ways to heaven
6Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8Wilt thou also dis annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou may est be righteous?
9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
This is my favorite section of Scripture! God here gives us another way to heaven. It is so funny i can just hear God as he says it, i think that He is being sarcastic as he says it. because He himself knows that we can not do any of this that only He can. i like to present this to the lost person that says i will get to heaven my own way by the sweat of my brow, and surprisingly they have nothing to say to this. now lets look at Jobs response at the end of the book:
I know that thou canst do every thing
isn't that amazing how when we look at what God presents us that it is only through Him and Him alone. now for those of you that are lost reading my blog, if you are asking your self the question: how then do i get to heaven? It is simple: follow Christ. when you truly follow Christ you put your full faith in Him. it is not simply saying a pray it is a faith, not a deed less one but a saving one. James says " faith without works is dead" if you have faith then you will have works that follow. we are not saved by those works but those works are an outflowing of faith. there is an old saying that goes like this: Salvation is by grace alone Thur faith alone but salvation is never alone. if we are truly saved we will have fruits (works) that follow.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
justification
Justification it is more than just if id never sinned, it is the place in which you stand before God. God is the righteous judge and you are standing before him, he asks you your plea. All you can say is "guilty", but before you do Christ steps in and says "the price has bee paid". God asks "how?" Christ answers " because i paid it for them, i lived a sinless life i followed all the laws to the t, i am an innocent and i died for them" God says "very well enter into heaven thou good and faithful servant (for now he sees christ's actions and not yours) to be continued